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起床 (hei2 cong4) — to wake up (from sleep - regardless of whether you were in an actual bed). Syn.: 醒 | Cant. uses 起身 for "to wake up" and both Cant. and Mand. also use 起身 for "to get up from a sitting or lying-down position" in Cantonese

heiˊ²起congˎ₄床
Mandarin Pinyin: qi3 chuang2

Meaning of 起床

nounto wake up (from sleep - regardless of whether you were in an actual bed). Syn.: 醒 | Cant. uses 起身 for "to wake up" and both Cant. and Mand. also use 起身 for "to get up from a sitting or lying-down position"

Example Sentences with 起床

jatˉ¹一zouˊ²早heiˊ²起san1.身。
Get up early in the morning.
zouˊ²早san4,晨，neiˏ₅你heiˊ²起congˎ₄牀meiˍ₆未aa3?呀？
Good morning, have you woken up yet?
keoiˏ₅佢sengˎ₄成jatˍ₆日laaiˍ₆賴heiˊ²起cong4.牀。
He/She always sleeps in.
ngoˏ₅我jiu˗₃要faai˗₃快diˉ¹啲heiˊ²起cong4.牀。
I need to get up quickly.
keoiˏ₅佢gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日heiˊ²起congˎ₄牀houˊ²好ci4.遲。
He/She got up very late today.
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Characters in 起床

起hei2
case; instance
床cong4
bed; couch; bunk; cot

Words Containing 起床

㢥起床板dung6 hei2 cong4 baan2
to burn the midnight oil, to not sleep the whole night to work [colloquial]
起床號hei2 cong4 hou6
reveille

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